The case-control method : design and applications / Haroutune K. Armenian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armenian, Haroutune K., author.

Series:

Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 38.

Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Case-control method.

Case-Control Studies.

Medical Subjects:

Case-Control Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Design and applications

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title helps readers address a number of general and specific questions dealing with the case-control and other case-based methods, including questions of how to design and implement a case-control study that minimizes biases, how to analyze the data to appropriately deal with confounding variables and more.

Contents:

From case investigation to the case-control method : information for decision making

Problem investigation and inferences using the case-control method

Avoiding bias in case and control selection

Avoiding information bias in exposure assessment

Alternative case-based designs

Analysis of case-control data

Applications : outbreak investigation

Genetic epidemiology for case-based designs

Applications : evaluation

Applications : evaluation of screening programs

Other applications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-029313-6

9786612544293

1-282-54429-2

0-19-972020-7

OCLC:

769460387